Work & commute · Jacobus

Work & commute in Jacobus, PA

Most working residents leave Jacobus for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are York (10%), York (9%) and Springettsbury (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 855 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 855 Jacobus residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jacobus.

855live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

165work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jacobus goes to work

York2.6 mi away

10%86

York5.8 mi away

9%77

Springettsbury7.6 mi away

5%47

West Manchester6.1 mi away

5%39

Springfield3.8 mi away

3%29

Baltimore, MD40.6 mi away

3%25

Cockeysville, MD28.3 mi away

3%25

Manchester9.5 mi away

2%20

Spring Garden4.2 mi away

2%18

Towson, MD34.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%473

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Jacobus commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

47%

12%

25%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jacobus is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.19 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jacobus are

165 jobs are based in Jacobus. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Jacobus’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Jacobus

165 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Jacobus residents hold

855 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−24%

Jobs based in Jacobus, 2013 → 2023: 216 → 165. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.